CISE Professor Honored as ACM Distinguished Scientist
Shigang Chen, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has been honored as a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing…
Cybersecurity Expert Named the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida has named Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering. Traynor came to…
Changing the Face of Computer Science
The online documentary series Lab Daze highlights an aspect of computer science not historically associated with the field: Cool. Created in 2014 by computer science professor Juan Gilbert and his…
Graduate Student Preeminence Award Increased
The University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce an increase in the stipend for the Graduate Student Preeminence Award (GSPAs). The purpose of the…
Faculty Receives Part of $1.13 Million NSF Grant
Meera Sitharam, an associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, a professor in the UF Department of Biochemistry and…
Student Receives an Outstanding International Student Award
Rasha Elhesha, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Florida’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), received the Outstanding International Student Award for her exemplary academic achievement…
Tech Sassy Girlz Stops by CISE
Oct. 28, 2016 – Last week, 50 middle school-aged girls spent a day on the University of Florida campus learning about computer science. After a short hands-on lesson in coding…
WiCSE to receive the NCWIT Student Seed Fund Gift of $5,000
Since 2011, the NCWIT (The National Center for Women & IT) Student Seed Fund has invested over $178,250 in more than 129 student-run programs for women in computing at non-profit,…
Extortion extinction: Researchers develop a way to stop ransomware
Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a…
Sitharam Part of $1.05 Million NSF Award
Meera Sitharam, Ph.D., a CISE associate professor, was awarded $299,243 of a $1.05M grant funded by the National Science Foundation. Grant Abstract: This grant supports the collaborative research efforts of an…